Sacred Books of the East Vol. 40: Taoism Vol. 2

{fn. 5. An allusion to the text of the hexagrams of the Yî King, where the explanations of them by king Wän,--his thwan, are followed by the symbolism of their different lines by the duke of Kâu,--his hsiang.} {fn. 6. See the Tâo Teh King, ch. xli, par. 2.} {file "Appendix VIII. Record for the Sacrificial Hall of Kwang-dze. By Sû Shih."} {p. 320} APPENDIX VIII. RECORD FOR THE SACRIFICIAL HALL OF KWANG-DZE. BY SÛ SHIH{fr. 1}. 1. Kwang-dze was a native (of the territory) of Mäng and an officer in (the city of) Khî-yüan. He had been dead for more than a thousand years, and no one had up to this time sacrificed to him in Mäng. It was Wang King, the assistant Secretary of the Prefect, who superintended the erection of a Sacrificial Hall (to Kwang-dze), and (when the building was finished) he applied to me for {fn. 1. The elder of two brothers, both famous as scholars, poets, and administrators in the history of their country, and sons of a father hardly less distinguished. The father (A.D. 1009-1066) was named Sû Hsün ({img 32000}) with the designation of Ming-yun ({img 32001}), and the two names of locality, Lâo-khwan ({img 32002}) and Mei-shân ({img 32003}). Of the two brothers the elder (1036-1101), author of the notice here adduced, was the more celebrated. His name was Shih and his designation Dze-kân ({img 32004}); but he is more frequently styled Tung-pho ({img 32005}), from the situation of a house which he occupied at one time. His life was marked by several vicissitudes of the imperial favour which was shown to him and of the disgrace to which he was repeatedly subjected. He was versed in all Chinese literature, but the sincerity of his Confucianism has not been called in question. His brother (1039-1112), by name Keh ({img 32006}), by designation Dze-yû ({img 32007}) and by locality Ying-pin ({img 32008}) has left us a commentary on the Tâo Teh King, nearly the whole of which is given by Ziâo Hung, under the several chapters. It seems to have been Keh's object to find a substantial unity under the different forms of Confucian, Buddhistic, and Tâoist thought.